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9781250055873 1250055873 "A masterful mix of post-apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction with just a hint of steampunk." - Romantic Times Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Assembly. The human adult population is gone, having succumbed to the Tone-a telepathic super-signal broadcast across the planet that reduces them to complete subservience. But the Tone only affects the population once they reach their early twenties. Which means that there is one group left to resist: Children. In Valley of Fires the heroic kid trio-Holt, Mira, and Zoey-are forced apart to accomplish individual quests if they are to have any hope of uniting what remains of Earth's survivors against its invaders.Mira ventures west to bargain with Van Cleef, the enigmatic leader of North America's most infamous resistance group. But Van Cleef has his own plans to end the conflict, a destructive solution that could work-but at a horrible cost. Meanwhile, Holt travels with Ravan and Avril back to Faust, the dangerous desert city to which he swore he would never return. He goes not only to resolve his issues with Tiberius, tyrannical leader of the Menagerie pirate guild, but to enlist his help in the fight to save Zoey. Except word of rebellion is beginning to spread within the Menagerie's splintering factions, and Tiberius needs Holt's help-if Holt is willing to give it.In a cross between Lord of the Flies and War of the Worlds , this thrilling, genre-bending series comes to an unforgettable conclusion as Holt and Mira travel separate, but equally dangerous, paths., Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Assembly. The human adult population is gone, having succumbed to the Tone-a telepathic super-signal broadcast across the planet that reduces them to complete subservience. But the Tone only affects the population once they reach their early twenties. Which means that there is one group left to resist: Children. In Valley of Fires the heroic kid trio-Holt, Mira, and Zoey-are forced apart to accomplish individual quests if they are to have any hope of uniting what remains of Earth's survivors against its invaders.Mira ventures west to bargain with Van Cleef, the enigmatic leader of North America's most infamous resistance group. But Van Cleef has his own plans to end the conflict, a destructive solution that could work-but at a horrible cost. Meanwhile, Holt travels with Ravan and Avril back to Faust, the dangerous desert city to which he swore he would never return. He goes not only to resolve his issues with Tiberius, tyrannical leader of the Menagerie pirate guild, but to enlist his help in the fight to save Zoey. Except word of rebellion is beginning to spread within the Menagerie's splintering factions, and Tiberius needs Holt's help-if Holt is willing to give it.In a cross between Lord of the Flies and War of the Worlds , this thrilling, genre-bending series comes to an unforgettable conclusion as Holt and Mira travel separate, but equally dangerous, paths., J. Barton Mitchell's sci-fi tour de force Conquered Earth series set in an alien-invaded post-apocalyptic world returns as the children forge deeper into the most dangerous lands in search of The Severed Tower Holt, Mira, and Max have fled Midnight City with Zoey after watching her repel an entire Assembly army. Zoey's powers are unlocked, but who and what she is remains a mystery. All she knows is that she must reach the Severed Tower, an infamous location in the middle of the world's most dangerous landscape: The Strange Lands, a place where the laws of physics have completely broken down. But the closer they get to the Tower, the more precarious things become. The Assembly has pursued Zoey intothe Strange Lands. Among them is a new group, their walkers and machines strangely bereft of any color, stripped to bare metal, and whose agenda seems to differ from the rest. To make matters worse, the group hunting Holt are here, too, led by a dangerous and beautiful pirate named Ravan. So is Mira's first love, Benjamin Aubertine, whose singular ambition to reach the Tower threatens to get them all killed.Then there's the Strange Lands themselves. They have inexplicably begun to grow, spreading outwards, becoming more powerful. Somehow, it all seems tied to Zoey herself, and the closer she gets to the Tower, the weaker she becomes.
9781250055873 1250055873 "A masterful mix of post-apocalyptic, dystopian science fiction with just a hint of steampunk." - Romantic Times Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Assembly. The human adult population is gone, having succumbed to the Tone-a telepathic super-signal broadcast across the planet that reduces them to complete subservience. But the Tone only affects the population once they reach their early twenties. Which means that there is one group left to resist: Children. In Valley of Fires the heroic kid trio-Holt, Mira, and Zoey-are forced apart to accomplish individual quests if they are to have any hope of uniting what remains of Earth's survivors against its invaders.Mira ventures west to bargain with Van Cleef, the enigmatic leader of North America's most infamous resistance group. But Van Cleef has his own plans to end the conflict, a destructive solution that could work-but at a horrible cost. Meanwhile, Holt travels with Ravan and Avril back to Faust, the dangerous desert city to which he swore he would never return. He goes not only to resolve his issues with Tiberius, tyrannical leader of the Menagerie pirate guild, but to enlist his help in the fight to save Zoey. Except word of rebellion is beginning to spread within the Menagerie's splintering factions, and Tiberius needs Holt's help-if Holt is willing to give it.In a cross between Lord of the Flies and War of the Worlds , this thrilling, genre-bending series comes to an unforgettable conclusion as Holt and Mira travel separate, but equally dangerous, paths., Earth has been conquered by an alien race known as the Assembly. The human adult population is gone, having succumbed to the Tone-a telepathic super-signal broadcast across the planet that reduces them to complete subservience. But the Tone only affects the population once they reach their early twenties. Which means that there is one group left to resist: Children. In Valley of Fires the heroic kid trio-Holt, Mira, and Zoey-are forced apart to accomplish individual quests if they are to have any hope of uniting what remains of Earth's survivors against its invaders.Mira ventures west to bargain with Van Cleef, the enigmatic leader of North America's most infamous resistance group. But Van Cleef has his own plans to end the conflict, a destructive solution that could work-but at a horrible cost. Meanwhile, Holt travels with Ravan and Avril back to Faust, the dangerous desert city to which he swore he would never return. He goes not only to resolve his issues with Tiberius, tyrannical leader of the Menagerie pirate guild, but to enlist his help in the fight to save Zoey. Except word of rebellion is beginning to spread within the Menagerie's splintering factions, and Tiberius needs Holt's help-if Holt is willing to give it.In a cross between Lord of the Flies and War of the Worlds , this thrilling, genre-bending series comes to an unforgettable conclusion as Holt and Mira travel separate, but equally dangerous, paths., J. Barton Mitchell's sci-fi tour de force Conquered Earth series set in an alien-invaded post-apocalyptic world returns as the children forge deeper into the most dangerous lands in search of The Severed Tower Holt, Mira, and Max have fled Midnight City with Zoey after watching her repel an entire Assembly army. Zoey's powers are unlocked, but who and what she is remains a mystery. All she knows is that she must reach the Severed Tower, an infamous location in the middle of the world's most dangerous landscape: The Strange Lands, a place where the laws of physics have completely broken down. But the closer they get to the Tower, the more precarious things become. The Assembly has pursued Zoey intothe Strange Lands. Among them is a new group, their walkers and machines strangely bereft of any color, stripped to bare metal, and whose agenda seems to differ from the rest. To make matters worse, the group hunting Holt are here, too, led by a dangerous and beautiful pirate named Ravan. So is Mira's first love, Benjamin Aubertine, whose singular ambition to reach the Tower threatens to get them all killed.Then there's the Strange Lands themselves. They have inexplicably begun to grow, spreading outwards, becoming more powerful. Somehow, it all seems tied to Zoey herself, and the closer she gets to the Tower, the weaker she becomes.